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. 2020 Mar 13;11:216. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00216

TABLE 7.

Estimates of heritability ± standard error for complete blood count (CBC) traits.

Traits1 Blood 1 Blood 3 Blood 4 Δ132 Δ343 Δ144
WBC 0.16 ± 0.045 0.22 ± 0.04 0.19 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.04 0.14 ± 0.04 0.15 ± 0.04
NEU 0.18 ± 0.04 0.18 ± 0.04 0.13 ± 0.04 0.11 ± 0.04 0.11 ± 0.04 0.07 ± 0.04
LYM 0.21 ± 0.04 0.21 ± 0.04 0.30 ± 0.04 0.11 ± 0.04 0.20 ± 0.04 0.24 ± 0.04
MONO 0.05 ± 0.03 0.12 ± 0.03 0.02 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.03 0.00 ± 0.00 0.05 ± 0.04
EOS 0.22 ± 0.04 0.19 ± 0.04 0.27 ± 0.04 0.07 ± 0.03 0.00 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.04
BASO 0.08 ± 0.04 0.10 ± 0.03 0.13 ± 0.04 0.06 ± 0.04 0.06 ± 0.04 0.06 ± 0.05
RBC 0.27 ± 0.04 0.30 ± 0.04 0.34 ± 0.05 0.08 ± 0.04 0.04 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.05
HGB 0.08 ± 0.03 0.16 ± 0.04 0.28 ± 0.05 0.16 ± 0.04 0.11 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.05
HCT 0.09 ± 0.03 0.23 ± 0.04 0.23 ± 0.04 0.04 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.04 0.10 ± 0.05
MCV 0.19 ± 0.04 0.38 ± 0.04 0.46 ± 0.05 0.08 ± 0.03 0.22 ± 0.05 0.06 ± 0.04
MCH 0.18 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.04 0.53 ± 0.05 0.15 ± 0.04 0.13 ± 0.05 0.06 ± 0.05
MCHC 0.13 ± 0.04 0.25 ± 0.04 0.26 ± 0.05 0.17 ± 0.04 0.20 ± 0.05 0.07 ± 0.05
RDW 0.13 ± 0.03 0.14 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.04 0.14 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.04 0.18 ± 0.05
PLT 0.15 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.04 0.01 ± 0.03 0.00 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.03
MPV 0.11 ± 0.03 0.19 ± 0.04 0.23 ± 0.04 0.02 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.04

1WBC: total white blood cell concentration; NEU: neutrophil concentration; LYM: lymphocyte concentration; MONO: monocyte concentration; EOS: eosinophil concentration; BASO: basophil concentration; RBC: red blood cell concentration; HGB: hemoglobin concentration; HCT: hematocrit; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW: red blood cell distribution width; PLT: platelet concentration; MPV: mean platelet volume. 2The change of CBC traits from Blood 1 to Blood 3; 3The change of CBC traits from Blood 3 to Blood 4; 4The change of CBC traits from Blood 1 to Blood 4. 5Significant estimates of genetic variances are highlighted in bold based on the likelihood ratio test by comparing full models to restricted models that constrained genetic variances to zero in ASReml 4.1 (p < 0.05).